Face of the BVB crisis
The judgment about this player is sobering
Updated on April 15th, 2025 – 8:10 a.m.Reading time: 2 min.
Julian Brandt is considered an enigmatic case. Even in the light BVB upswing, the international is not pulled along. Its shape is terrifying.
Even the always highly serious “kicker” took all reluctance. Julian Brandt got a smooth six from the football magazine for his performance in the Bundesliga classic between Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund (2: 2), provided with the note: “The appearance was terrifying. The trust in the actually so fine footballer has been used up.”
Sporty dents are no unknown terrain for the 48-time international, he experienced it almost every year. But it has never been so sustainable next to the trail at least with BVB. As a co-captain, he should be the face of the team-instead he is the face of the crisis.
Already in February the 28-year-old spoke openly about his difficulties: the debate about his role “does not go by without a trace, the situation hits me”. Since then, little has been improved in a light Dortmund relaxation, the stamp “leaders” seems to paralyze the former free spirit on the square. “His sporting deep now takes on dramatic proportions,” commented the “Ruhr Nachrichten”.
This also recognized coach Niko Kovač, who keeps protecting Brandt out of protection and relies on him. But the time may have come when he will no longer set it up against FC Barcelona in the evening (9:00 p.m./Prime Video and in the T-Online ticker).
The experts have long since broken the staff over the highly gifted. “He has no interest in helping the team,” said ex-international Didi Hamann at Sky, after Brandt had accompanied the Bayern goalkeeper Serge Gnabry more or less without participation: “I would have replaced it immediately!” Stefan Effenberg attested him at Sport1 “a duel behavior like in a preparatory game”.
And Brandt? Ran whistling, but without word through the interview zone. In summer there is a decision about his future before the last year of the contract – for the player himself, but also for BVB. There are few arguments for an extension.
